Company profile
FIZ Karlsruhe – Leibniz Institute for Information Infrastructure makes scientific information from all over the world publicly available and provides related services.
Business areas:
STN International, the world’s leading online service for sci-tech research and patent information, offers the world’s most important databases, the FIZ AutoDoc full-text delivery service, and state-of-the-art retrieval, analysis, and visualization functions. STN is developed and operated by FIZ Karlsruhe in cooperation with CAS (Chemical Abstracts Service, Columbus/Ohio).
KnowEsis comprises innovative e-Science solutions, e.g. digital infrastructures, independent of scientific disciplines, that support the process of research in all its stages, from idea to experiment, analysis, data aggregation, and publication. Our activities focus on virtual research environments, hosting, and long-term availability.
Databases and Information Services comprises both conventional database production and the development and operation of science portals in the following subject areas:
- Mathematics and computer science: Our main product here is Zentralblatt Math (ZBMATH), the world’s most exhaustive abstracting service in mathematics research, offering detailed abstracts and reviews dating back to 1868. The computer science portal io-port.net provides efficient access to computer science publications from all over the world.
- Crystallography and chemistry: ICSD (Inorganic Crystal Structure Database) is the world’s leading database on inorganic crystal structures. FIZ Karlsruhe also indexes scientific publications for the CA database on behalf of Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS).
- Energy: On behalf of the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) we represent Germany in the international cooperations ETDE and INIS producing the databases ENERGY (energy and energy technology) and INIS (peaceful use of nuclear research and nuclear technology). On behalf of the Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology (BMWi), our BINE information service supports the targeted dissemination of research results in the fields of energy efficiency and renewables.
Our customers and target groups are:
- Scientists working in research organizations, in academic institutions, and in industry
- Information professionals in information and patent departments of scientific organizations and enterprises
- Information professionals in libraries and data processing centers
We conduct applied research on data management, information mining and information retrieval in close collaboration with academic institutions and research organizations. We use the results to develop and enhance our products and services.
We also offer professional training and support to young scientists and promote “Jugend forscht”, Germany’s best-known contest for young researchers.