The first issue of the scientific journal GENETICS & APPLICATIONS (link: http://www.ingeb.unsa.ba/GA-1-1.pdf ) was published on 30 June 2017, as a part of the UNSA Institute of Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology’s publishing activities. The journal will be published twice a year (June and December) in an online and printed version with free access and no authoring costs for the publication of papers.