Filippo Berto

Filippo Berto was born 12 February 1978 in Vicenza, Italy.{{Cite web |title=Filippo Berto {{!}} Frattura ed Integrità Strutturale |url=https://www.fracturae.com/index.php/fis/berto |access-date=2024-03-24 |website=www.fracturae.com |archive-date=2024-06-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240616080309/https://www.fracturae.com/index.php/fis/berto |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |title=Filippo Berto - Top Italian Scientist in Engineering |url=https://topitalianscientists.org/tis/38076/Filippo_Berto_-_Top_Italian_Scientist_in_Engineering |access-date=2024-03-24 |website=topitalianscientists.org |archive-date=2024-06-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240616080430/https://topitalianscientists.org/tis/38076/Filippo_Berto_-_Top_Italian_Scientist_in_Engineering |url-status=live }} In 2003, he obtained a degree in Industrial Engineering from the University of Padua. After that, he completed his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering at the University of Florence, in 2006.{{Citation needed|date=November 2023}}

He was professor of machine design at the University of Padua, Italy, between 2006 and 2015. Since 2022, Berto is a full professor and is a chair in the mechanics of materials at the Sapienza University of Rome.{{Cite web|url=http://dicma.ing.uniroma1.it/node/6127|title=Sapienza University of Rome|website=www.dicma.ing.uniroma1.it|access-date=2023-06-04|archive-date=2024-06-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240616080302/http://dicma.ing.uniroma1.it/node/6127|url-status=live}} Berto was an international chair in mechanics of materials, mechanical metallurgy, fracture mechanics, fatigue, and structural integrity at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology of Trondheim, Norway, from 2016 to 2022.{{Cite web |title=Timoshenko Scholars {{!}} Mechanics and Computation |url=https://mechanics.stanford.edu/timoshenko/timoshenko-scholars |access-date=2024-03-24 |website=mechanics.stanford.edu |language=en |archive-date=2024-06-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240616080300/https://mechanics.stanford.edu/timoshenko/timoshenko-scholars |url-status=live }}

Berto has been visiting professor at Stanford University where he has collaborated with the Nanoscale Prototyping Laboratory. He is also holding some honorary chair professorship at Hong Kong Polytechnic University and Mandela Metropolitan University. In 2021, he was a Distinguished Changjiang Chair Professor at Xi'an Jiaotong University through the Changjiang Scholars Program from 2020 to 2023.{{Citation needed|date=November 2023}}

Berto is also collaborating with the Centre of Excellence of additive manufacturing established in Auburn and in particular with Nima Shamsaei and Mohsen Seifi who is chair of additive manufacturing programs in ASTM. Berto is also voting member of ASTM F42 on Additive Manufacturing Technologies and ASTM E08 on Metal Fatigue and Fracture.{{Citation needed|date=November 2023}} He is chairman of the technical committee European Structural Integrity Society (ESIS) TC15 on Structural Integrity of additive manufactured components of ESIS. From 2021 and 2022, Berto is vice-president of the ESIS.{{Cite web|url=https://www.structuralintegrity.eu/site/people/executive-committee|title=ESIS|website=www.structuralintegrity.eu|access-date=2023-06-04|archive-date=2024-06-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240616080312/https://www.esis.site/executive-committee/|url-status=live}} He is also the vice president of the ESIS.{{Cite web |last=wp_1437532 |title=Executive committee |url=https://www.esis.site/executive-committee/ |access-date=2024-04-20 |website=ESIS |language=it-IT |archive-date=2024-06-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240616080347/https://www.esis.site/executive-committee/ |url-status=live }}

In 2023, Berto won a £2.5 million research grant as part of the ERC Advanced Grant.{{Cite web |date=2023-03-30 |title=Sapienza's ButterFly project wins ERC Advanced Grant 2022 |url=https://www.uniroma1.it/en/notizia/sapienzas-butterfly-project-wins-erc-advanced-grant-2022 |website=University of Roma |access-date=2024-05-08 |archive-date=2024-06-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240616080803/https://www.uniroma1.it/en/notizia/sapienzas-butterfly-project-wins-erc-advanced-grant-2022 |url-status=live }}

Berto has a role in the Italian Group of Fracture being president since 2019 and co-editor-in-chief of the associated journal.{{Cite web|url=https://www.fracturae.com/index.php/fis/index|title=Italian Group of Fracture|website=www.gruppofrattura.eu|access-date=2020-08-02|archive-date=2024-06-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240616080803/https://www.fracturae.com/index.php/fis/index|url-status=live}} He is in the editorial board of several scientific journals in the area of fatigue, fracture and structural integrity, such as, Materials & Design,{{Cite web|url=https://www.journals.elsevier.com/materials-and-design/editorial-board|title=Materials & Design|website=www.journals.elsevier.com|language=EN|access-date=2020-07-19|archive-date=2024-06-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240616080812/https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/materials-and-design/about/editorial-board|url-status=live}} Materials Science and Engineering: A,{{Cite web|url=https://www.journals.elsevier.com/materials-science-and-engineering-a/editorial-board|title=Materials Science and Engineering: A|website=www.journals.elsevier.com|language=EN|access-date=2020-07-19|archive-date=2024-06-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240616080809/https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/materials-science-and-engineering-a/about/editorial-board|url-status=live}} Advanced Engineering Materials,{{Cite web|url=https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/page/journal/15272648/homepage/2266_edbd.html|title=Advanced Engineering Materials|website=www.onlinelibrary.wiley.com|doi=10.1002/(ISSN)1527-2648 |language=EN|access-date=2020-07-19|archive-date=2024-06-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240616080809/https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/page/journal/15272648/homepage/2266_edbd.html|url-status=live}} Polymer Testing,{{Cite web|url=https://www.journals.elsevier.com/polymer-testing/editorial-board|title=Polymer Testing|website=www.journals.elsevier.com|language=EN|access-date=2020-07-19|archive-date=2024-06-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240616080813/https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/polymer-testing/about/editorial-board|url-status=live}} Strength of Materials,{{Cite web|url=https://www.springer.com/journal/11223/editors|title=Strength of Materials|website=www.springer.com|language=EN|access-date=2020-07-19|archive-date=2024-06-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240616080810/https://link.springer.com/journal/11223/editors|url-status=live}} among others.

As technical Chair of TC15 is also the founder of the series of European conferences on additive manufacturing ESIAM. He is also one of the founder of the ESIS TC18 on Structural Integrity of Welded Joints and treasurer of the same TC.{{Cite web|url=https://sites.google.com/structuralintegrity.eu/tc18/|title=ESIS|website=sites.google.com|language=en|access-date=2020-12-04|archive-date=2024-06-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240616080809/https://sites.google.com/structuralintegrity.eu/tc18/|url-status=live}}{{Scholia}}Berto is in the list of 2% top scientist released by Stanford University.{{Cite journal |title=2023 Stanford's list of World Top 2% scientists |url=https://elsevier.digitalcommonsdata.com/datasets/btchxktzyw/6 |access-date=2023-11-04 |website=www.elsevier.digitalcommonsdata.com |date=2023 |doi=10.17632/btchxktzyw.6 |language=en |last1=Baas |first1=Jeroen |volume=6 |archive-date=2023-10-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231019153920/https://elsevier.digitalcommonsdata.com/datasets/btchxktzyw/6 |url-status=live }} In Europe, he is among the first twenty positions in the field of Mechanical Engineering and Transports and among the first 3 positions dealing with fracture and fatigue problems. He is a top author in the last 5 years (2018–2022) in several topics such as (V-notches, Strain Energy Density, T-Stress) in Scopus,{{Cite web |title=SCOPUS |url=https://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=10042142600 |access-date=2023-11-04 |website=www.scopus.com |language=en}} where he is also among the first three top authors all-time in fatigue.{{Cite web |title=SCOPUS |url=https://www.scopus.com/peopleFinder.uri#keywords=structural+integrity |access-date=2023-11-04 |website=www.scopus.com |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=SCOPUS |url=https://www.scopus.com/peopleFinder.uri#keywords=fatigue |access-date=2023-11-04 |website=www.scopus.com |language=en}}

• ESIS Fellowship 2022, European Structural Integrity Society (2022){{Cite web|url=https://www.structuralintegrity.eu/site/people/award|title=ESIS|website=www.structuralintegrity.eu|language=en|access-date=2023-06-04|archive-date=2023-06-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230604150333/https://www.structuralintegrity.eu/site/people/award|url-status=dead}}
• Order of the Star of Italy 2021, President of the Republic, Italy (2021) {{Cite web|url=https://www.quirinale.it/onorificenze/insigniti/367203|title=President of the Republic - Italy|website=www.quirinale.it|language=en|access-date=2023-06-04}}
• Robert Moskovic Award 2021, ESIS TC12 Technical Committee, European Structural Integrity Society (2021) {{Cite web|url=https://sites.google.com/structuralintegrity.eu/tc12/home/awards/robert-moskovic-award|title=ESIS TC12|website=www.sites.google.com/structuralintegrity.eu/tc12|language=en|access-date=2023-06-04}}
• August Wöhler Medal Medal for Fatigue, European Structural Integrity Society (2020){{Cite web |title=Wohler Medal |url=https://www.vecf1.eu/home/awards |access-date=2020-07-19 |website=www.vecf1.eu |language=EN}}
• Structural Integrity Award of Merit, Springer Science+Business Media (2020) {{Cite web|url=https://www.springer.com/series/15775?detailsPage=press/|title=Springer Science+Business Media|website= www.springer.com|language=en|access-date=2020-12-04}}
• Paolo Lazzarin IGF Medal, Italian Group of Fracture (2019){{Cite web |title=Paolo Lazzarin IGF Medal |url=https://www.gruppofrattura.eu/about-us/igf-awards |access-date=2020-07-19 |website=www.gruppofrattura.eu}}
• Award of Merit, European Structural Integrity Society (2018){{Cite web |title=Award of Merit |url=https://www.structuralintegrity.eu/site/people/award/110-esis-awards-2018 |access-date=2020-07-19 |website=www.structuralintegrity.eu |language=EN}}
• Stephen Timoshenko Fellow, University of Stanford (2018){{Cite web |title=Timoshenko Fellow |url=https://mechanics.stanford.edu/timoshenko/timoshenko-scholars |access-date=2020-07-19 |website=www.mechanics.stanford.edu |language=EN |archive-date=2024-06-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240616080300/https://mechanics.stanford.edu/timoshenko/timoshenko-scholars |url-status=live }}
• CAPOCACCIA award, AIAS (2013){{Cite web |title=AIAS Award |url=https://www.aiasnet.it/AIAS2017/premi.html |access-date=2020-07-19 |website=www.aiasnet.it |archive-date=2024-06-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240616082418/https://www.aiasnet.it/AIAS2017/premi.html |url-status=live }}{{fails verification|date=November 2023}}

The work of Berto has come under scrutiny for a range of questionable practices including: suspected self-plagiarism, authorship fraud, citation fraud, salami slicing, and misrepresentation of data. {{As of|2024|July}}, this has so far resulted in the retraction of the following papers:

1. {{Cite journal |last1=Razavi |first1=S. M. J. |last2=Ferro |first2=P. |last3=Berto |first3=Filippo |date=September 2017 |title=RETRACTED ARTICLE: Fatigue Assessment of Ti–6Al–4V Circular Notched Specimens Produced by Selective Laser Melting |url=https://doi.org/10.1007/s11223-017-9884-2 |journal=Strength of Materials |language=en |volume=49 |issue=5 |pages=738 |doi=10.1007/s11223-017-9884-2 |bibcode=2017StMat..49..738R |issn=1573-9325}}{{Retracted|doi=10.1007/s11223-017-9884-2|https://retractionwatch.com/2024/05/15/exclusive-norway-university-committee-recommends-probe-into-the-countrys-most-productive-researcher/ Retraction Watch|intentional=yes}}
2. {{Cite journal |last1=Mohammadi |first1=H. |last2=Salavati |first2=H. |last3=Alizadeh |first3=Y. |last4=Abdullah |first4=A. |last5=Berto |first5=Filippo |date=December 2017 |title=Retracted: Fracture investigation of U-notch made of tungsten–copper functionally graded materials by means of strain energy density |url=https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/ffe.12616 |journal=Fatigue & Fracture of Engineering Materials & Structures |language=en |volume=40 |issue=12 |pages=1984–1993 |doi=10.1111/ffe.12616 |issn=8756-758X|url-access=subscription }}{{Retracted|doi=10.1111/ffe.13692|https://retractionwatch.com/2024/05/15/exclusive-norway-university-committee-recommends-probe-into-the-countrys-most-productive-researcher/ Retraction Watch|intentional=yes}}
3. {{Cite journal |last1=Masoudi Nejad |first1=Reza |last2=Liu |first2=Zhiliang |last3=Ma |first3=Wenchen |last4=Berto |first4=Filippo |date=November 2021 |title=RETRACTED: Reliability analysis of fatigue crack growth for rail steel under variable amplitude service loading conditions and wear |url=https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijfatigue.2021.106450 |journal=International Journal of Fatigue |volume=152 |pages=106450 |doi=10.1016/j.ijfatigue.2021.106450 |hdl=11573/1654519 |issn=0142-1123 |hdl-access=free}}{{Retracted|doi=10.1016/j.ijfatigue.2024.108252|https://retractionwatch.com/2024/05/15/exclusive-norway-university-committee-recommends-probe-into-the-countrys-most-productive-researcher/ Retraction Watch|intentional=yes}}
4. {{Cite journal |last1=Hashemi |first1=Sina Abbaszadeh |last2=Farhangdoost |first2=Khalil |last3=Ma |first3=Wenchen |last4=Moghadam |first4=Danial Ghahremani |last5=Nejad |first5=Reza Masoudi |last6=Berto |first6=Filippo |date=December 2022 |title=RETRACTED: Effects of tensile overload on fatigue crack growth in AM60 magnesium alloys |url=https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tafmec.2022.103573 |journal=Theoretical and Applied Fracture Mechanics |volume=122 |pages=103573 |doi=10.1016/j.tafmec.2022.103573 |issn=0167-8442|url-access=subscription }}{{Retracted|doi=10.1016/j.tafmec.2024.104418|https://retractionwatch.com/2024/05/15/exclusive-norway-university-committee-recommends-probe-into-the-countrys-most-productive-researcher/ Retraction Watch|intentional=yes}}
5. {{Cite journal |last1=Masoudi Nejad |first1=Reza |last2=Berto |first2=Filippo |last3=Tohidi |first3=Mohammadreza |last4=Jalayerian Darbandi |first4=Ahmad |last5=Sina |first5=Nima |date=August 2021 |title=RETRACTED: An investigation on fatigue behavior of AA2024 aluminum alloy sheets in fuselage lap joints |url=https://doi.org/10.1016/j.engfailanal.2021.105457 |journal=Engineering Failure Analysis |volume=126 |pages=105457 |doi=10.1016/j.engfailanal.2021.105457 |issn=1350-6307|url-access=subscription }}{{Retracted|doi=10.1016/j.engfailanal.2024.108350|https://retractionwatch.com/2024/05/15/exclusive-norway-university-committee-recommends-probe-into-the-countrys-most-productive-researcher/ Retraction Watch|intentional=yes}}
6. {{Cite journal |last1=Razavi |first1=Nima |last2=Peron |first2=M. |last3=Mutignani |first3=F. |last4=Torgersen |first4=J. |last5=Berto |first5=Filippo |date=2017 |title=RETRACTED: A Study on the Fatigue Behavior of Hot Dip Galvanized Steel Connections |url=https://www.scientific.net/KEM.754.241 |journal=Key Engineering Materials |language=en |volume=754 |pages=241–243 |doi=10.4028/www.scientific.net/KEM.754.241 |issn=1662-9795|doi-access=free }}{{retraction|doi=10.4028/www.scientific.net/KEM.754.241|intentional=yes}}
7. {{Cite journal |last1=Razavi |first1=Nima |last2=Peron |first2=M. |last3=Mutignani |first3=F. |last4=Torgersen |first4=J. |last5=Berto |first5=Filippo |date=2017 |title=RETRACTED: Fatigue Strength of Hot-Dip Galvanized Welded Steel Connections |url=https://www.scientific.net/KEM.754.244 |journal=Key Engineering Materials |language=en |volume=754 |pages=244–247 |doi=10.4028/www.scientific.net/KEM.754.244 |issn=1662-9795|doi-access=free }}{{retraction|doi=10.4028/www.scientific.net/KEM.754.244|intentional=yes}}

In March 2024, Berto lost his position on the editorial board of Theoretical and Applied Fracture Mechanics, coinciding with that journal's retraction of one of his papers. At around the same time, Berto also lost his editorial board positions at two further Elsevier journals: Engineering Failure Analysis and International Journal of Fatigue.{{Cite web |last1=Hanger |first1=Mari Rian |last2=Sørland |first2=Kaia |date=2024-04-19 |title=Norges mestpubliserende forsker granskes for alvorlige brudd på etiske normer |url=https://www.universitetsavisa.no/filippo-berto-forskningsetikk-forskningsjuks/norges-mestpubliserende-forsker-granskes-for-alvorlige-brudd-pa-etiske-normer/403870 |access-date=2024-06-27 |website=www.universitetsavisa.no |language=nb-NO}}

Following a compliant from a librarian working at the Inland Norway University of Applied Sciences and a recommendation by the research ethics committee at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU),{{Cite web |last=Hanger |first=Mari Rian |date=2024-05-14 |title=Anbefaler uavhengig granskning av varsler mot Filippo Berto |url=https://www.universitetsavisa.no/fakultet-for-ingeniorvitenskap-filippo-berto-forskningsetikk/anbefaler-uavhengig-granskning-av-varsler-mot-filippo-berto/406642 |access-date=2024-05-18 |website=www.universitetsavisa.no |language=nb-NO |archive-date=2024-06-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240616082941/https://www.universitetsavisa.no/fakultet-for-ingeniorvitenskap-filippo-berto-forskningsetikk/anbefaler-uavhengig-granskning-av-varsler-mot-filippo-berto/406642 |url-status=live }} NTNU opened an investigation into Berto's work.

In May 2025, NTNU’s Research Ethics Committee concluded that Berto had committed scientific misconduct through deliberate or grossly negligent reuse of his own work without appropriate citation, duplication of results across multiple publications, and irregular authorship practices. The investigation found that he systematically republished content with minimal changes while concealing overlap, thereby breaching norms of academic integrity. NTNU endorsed the findings, and Berto was given the right to appeal.{{Cite web |last=Svarstad |first=Jørgen |last2=Bjørgan |first2=Espen Halvorsen |date=2025-05-05 |title=Gransking: Norges mest publiserende forsker opptrådte vitenskapelig uredelig |url=https://www.khrono.no/gransking-norges-mest-publiserende-forsker-opptradte-vitenskapelig-uredelig/965529 |access-date=2025-05-09 |website=www.khrono.no |language=nb-NO}}

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