About us

By “information infrastructure” we mean the entire set of content, technologies, methods, processes, and associated services that make it possible to generate, distribute, and maintain knowledge. The information infrastructure is part of the research infrastructure; it is becoming increasingly important in the course of the digital transformation of science.

Our public mission is to provide scientists and researchers all over the globe with scientific information, to develop the appropriate products and services, and to conduct applied research. Accordingly, we are dedicated to strengthening knowledge transfer in Germany and abroad, fostering innovation, and supporting collaboration in science and research.

Open Access stands for unrestricted and free access to quality-assured scientific information on the Internet. By removing technical, financial and legal barriers, Open Access helps to accelerate scientific innovation processes and improve the visibility of research results.

We encourage our scientists to publish research results in accordance with the Open Access principle.

Complete PDF version of our Open Access Policy – status August 2021

Research data are data generated in the course of scientific projects, e.g., through observations, experiments, simulations, surveys, interviews, source research, recordings, digitization, evaluations. Algorithms and (research) software are also included. Research data management begins with the planning of a project and ends only after the deletion of the data after an appropriate holding period.

Where legally and ethically possible, research data should be published in suitable repositories and offered for subsequent use for reasons of transparency, traceability, and connectivity of research. FIZ Karlsruhe supports the FAIR and CARE principles in this regard.

PDF version of our complete Research Data Policy, as of August 2022

FIZ Karlsruhe – Leibniz Institute for Information Infrastructure has anchored integrity as a value in its mission statement. As a scientifically working institution, we consider scientific integrity and good scientific practice  a responsibility of both our institute and all our employees - and we undertake to comply with the corresponding standards. Our guideline is intended as an institute-specific specification of the "Leibniz Code of Good Scientific Practice" and the "Guideline for Good Scientific Practice within the Leibniz Association".

PDF version of our standards of good scientific practice

Equal opportunity is anchored in the mission statement of FIZ Karlsruhe and a fundamental value in our corporate culture. It is a central claim in the daily work of our institute. We understand equal opportunity to mean all measures aimed at equalizing the living situations of male and female employees as well as those of employees with a different gender identity.

PDF of FIZ Karlsruhe’s equal opportunity policy statement as of March 2022

Equality is a central requirement in the daily work of FIZ Karlsruhe – Leibniz Institute for Information Infrastructure. Gender-neutral language is an important element of equality, because language shapes reality and influences our perception.

FIZ Karlsruhe has prepared this guide for German publications:

Gendergerechte Sprache (PDF)