Fishes Receives an Increased CiteScore of 3.0

We are pleased to share that Fishes (ISSN: 2410-3888) has received an increased CiteScore of 3.0 in June 2025, an impressive achievement for a journal running in Volume 10.

Fishes’ CiteScore ranks as follows:

• Q2 (115 out of 257) in the “Aquatic Science” category;
• Q2 (204 out of 481) in the “Ecology” category;
• Q2 (297 out of 731) in the “Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics” category.

For more journal statistics, please visit https://www.mdpi.com/journal/fishes/stats.

The current CiteScores measure the average number of citations within a journal over a four-year window (2021–2024). The Scopus database provides a comprehensive suite of metrics that support informed publishing strategies, research evaluation and enable benchmarking of journal performance.

This achievement reflects the collective efforts of our authors, reviewers, and editors. Together we will continue to track the progress of Fishes and its growing impact in fishes’ and aquatic animals’ research.

Thank you to everyone who has contributed to the journal.

Fishes Editorial Office