ZooKeys is a peer-reviewed, open access, online and print, rapidly produced journal, launched to support free exchange of ideas, data and information in all branches of Zoology. It is one of the most dynamic and technologically advanced scholarly journals in its field. Since its launch on July 4th 2008 and by the end of 2018, the journal has published more than 800 issues and 4500 articles, including several landmark monographs. Currently, ZooKeys takes second place in the Index of Organism names among the top 10 journals publishing the greatest number of new taxa in Zoology.