With the long-term support of every friend and contributor,Zoological Research(ZR)has continued to move forward over the past year,with impressive achievements.Notably,ZR attained an impact factor of 4.56(JCR Q1)and CiteScore of 4.6 in mid-2021,thus ranking in the top five of the 175 SCI journals within the Zoology category.In November 2021,our Citescore reached 5.6,and we expect a higher impact factor in 2022 than in 2021.Although we are not driven by chasing these scores,the increase in these metrics does reflect an elevation in the quality of submissions and publications,as well as the march towards our original aspiration when launching this journal(Yao et al.,2019).The current areas of focus of ZR(i.e.,primate and animal models;animal diversity and evolution;conservation&utilization of animal resources)are not only tightly connected to our host-the Kunming Institute of Zoology,which has grown and evolved into“a comprehensive research institution renowned for its remarkable achievements in evolutionary mechanisms of animal biodiversity,animal resources protection,and sustainable utilization”(Yao&Shen,2019)-but also represent the very frontiers of zoology.