Genetica is a peer-reviewed

Peer review

Peer review is a process of self-regulation by a profession or a process of evaluation involving qualified individuals within the relevant field. Peer review methods are employed to maintain standards, improve performance and provide credibility...

 scientific journal

Scientific journal

In academic publishing, a scientific journal is a periodical publication intended to further the progress of science, usually by reporting new research. There are thousands of scientific journals in publication, and many more have been published at various points in the past...

 publishing mainly original genetic research. It was first published in January 1919 by Kluwer Academic (which later merged into Springer), and has published articles in English, Dutch, French and German. Publication was suspended from 1944 to 1946. The journal allows self-archiving

Self-archiving

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, and authors can pay extra for open access.