Academic Activities
ACADEMIC ACTIVITIES
In this section, you will find my services and academic activities in physical education, sport and exercise science. That includes chairing sessions at international scientific conferences, providing expertise for international editorial boards, giving lectures at educational institutions, as well as my main grants and projects, memberships, and responsibilities.
Editorial Boards
I have been part of the Editorial Boards of a few international peer-reviewed journals in sport and exercise sciences listed in the table below.
Editorial Board | Journal | Certificate |
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I have been a member of the International Scientific Editorial Board of Kinesiologia Slovenica since December 2020. |
(ISSN: 1318-2269, Online ISSN: 2232-4062) Slovenia indexed in: Web of Science Kinesiologia Slovenica is an international, peer-reviewed journal, which publishes articles on various aspects of sports sciences covering a wide range of disciplines across the natural sciences, social sciences and humanities. |
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I have been honorary Editor-in-Chief of this journal since March 2019. | European Journal of Public Health Studies (ISSN: 2668-1056) Romania European Journal of Public Health Studies is published by the Open Access Publishing Group (an independent academic publishing house, located in Bucharest, Romania). The journal publishes topics related to public health. |
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I was a member of the European International Advisory Board of this journal (2017-2020), and the Editor-in-Chief (2018-2020). | European Journal of Physical Education and Sport Science (ISSN 2501 - 1235) Romania European Journal of Physical Education and Sport Science is one of the journals published by the Open Access Publishing Group (an independent academic publishing house, located in Bucharest, Romania). The journal publishes topics related to all aspects of physical education and sports science. |
Visiting Lecturer
In November 2020, I was invited from the Faculty of Sports Science at the State University of Semarang (Indonesia) to give a lecture in their virtual lecturer exchange programme. I presented a one-hour talk on the topic of Health related physical fitness assessment in children and adolescents.
Watch on YouTube
STATE UNIVERSITY OF SEMARANG
Sports Science Faculty
city of Semarang, Indonesia
Virtual Lecture on the topic of Health Related Physical Fitness Assessment in Children and Adolescents
Key Grants & Projects
I have taken part in international funded projects in Sport and Exercise Sciences. Below is the list of the key grants and scientific projects in which I participated in:
- Methods for the Assessment of Physical Fitness and Physical Development in Primary School Children
1 Year Project (2019): Funded by Grant ‘435/07.02.2019’ from the National Sports Academy, Sofia, Bulgaria.
Research Team
Principal: Assist. Iveta Bonova PhD,
Assist. Nadejda Kostova PhD,
Assist. Oleg Hristov PhD,
Borislava Petrova,
Stefan Kolimechkov PhD
Petia Niagin,
Valentin Vukov,
1 550 EUR (3 030 BGN)
Precept issued by the National Sports Academy (in Bulgarian) »
Published articles as a part of this project:
1. Bonova, I., Kolimechkov, S., Hristov, O., Petrova, B., Kostova, N. & Vekova, A. (2019). Physical fitness levels of Bulgarian primary school children in relationship to overweight and obesity. In T. Iancheva (Ed.), International Scientific Congress 'Applied Sports Sciences' 2019 (pp. 335-339). Sofia, Bulgaria: NSA Press.
- Assessment of the Physical Development in Bulgarian Artistic Gymnasts
1 Year Project (2018): Funded by Grant ‘08/15.02.2018’ from the National Sports Academy, Sofia, Bulgaria.
Research Team
Principal: Assoc. Prof. Ilia Kiuchukov PhD,
Assoc. Prof. Albena Alexandrova PhD,
Assoc. Prof. Dr Lubomir Petrov PhD,
Assist. Prof. Iliya Yanev PhD,
Assist. Prof. Emil Videv PhD,
Assist. Prof. Dillyana Zaykova PhD,
Assist. Emil Stoimenov,
Stefan Kolimechkov PhD
2 500 EUR (5 075 BGN)
Precept issued by the National Sports Academy (in Bulgarian) »
Published articles as a part of this project:
1. Kiuchukov, I., Yanev, I., Petrov, L., Kolimechkov, S., Alexandrova, A., Zaykova, D., & Stoimenov, E. (2019). Impact of gymnastics training on the health-related physical fitness of young female and male artistic gymnasts. Science of Gymnastics Journal, 11(2), 175 - 187.
2. Kolimechkov, S., Yanev, I., Kiuchukov, I., Petrov, L., Alexandrova, A., Zaykova, D., & Stoimenov, E. (2019). Nutritional status and body composition of young artistic gymnasts from Bulgaria. Journal of Applied Sports Sciences, 1, 39-52.