Journal History

2016	The inaugural issue was released. Fishes was published as a quarterly journal.
2018	Fishes announced the first edition of the Travel Award.
2019	Fishes was indexed in Scopus—Elsevier.
2020	The Iberian Society of Ichthyology (SIBIC) became affiliated to Fishes.
2021	Fishes was indexed in Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE)—Web of Science (Clarivate Analytics). Fishes received its first Impact Factor (2.385). Fishes established the following sections: Nutrition and Feeding; Welfare, Health and Disease; Genetics and Biotechnology; Physiology and Biochemistry; Biology and Ecology; Fishery Economics, Policy, and Management; Taxonomy, Evolution, and Biogeography; Sustainable Aquaculture; Environment and Climate Change.
2022	Fishes adopted a bimonthly publication schedule. Brazilian Society of Aquaculture and Aquatic Biology (Aquabio) became affiliated to Fishes. Fishes announced the first edition of the Best Paper and Outstanding Reviewer awards. Fishes received its 2021 Impact Factor (3.170).
2023	Fishes adopted a monthly publication schedule. Fishes established the following sections: Aquatic Invertebrates; Fish Pathology and Parasitology. Fishes received its 2022 Impact Factor (2.3), ranked 34/106 (Q2) in "Marine & Freshwater Biology" and 22/54 (Q2) in "Fisheries". Fishes published its 1,000th paper.
2024	Fishes received its 2023 Impact Factor (2.1), ranked 36/119 (Q2) in “Marine & Freshwater Biology” and ranked 22/62 (Q2) in “Fisheries”. Fishes received its CiteScore (2023) of 1.9.
2025	Fishes received its 2024 Impact Factor (2.4), ranked 29/119 (Q1) in “Marine & Freshwater Biology” and ranked 18/61 (Q2) in “Fisheries”. The CiteScore increased to 3.0.
2026	The year 2026 marked the 10th Anniversary of Fishes.