JCPCA holds a well-established position within the main national and international scientific evaluation systems, as reflected in its bibliometric indicators. In Scopus, the CiteScore 2024 reached a value of 1.6, placing the journal in the 43rd percentile within the Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health category (Q3). Likewise, the Scimago Journal Rank (SJR) 2024, with a value of 0.36, situates the journal in the third quartile (Q3) across several subject areas, including Clinical Psychology, Developmental and Educational Psychology, Psychiatry and Mental Health, and Cognitive and Experimental Psychology, highlighting its multidisciplinary scope and international projection.

Within Web of Science, the journal has been indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI) since 2022, under the Developmental Psychology category. In this context, it holds a Journal Impact Factor (JIF) of 0.8 and a Journal Citation Indicator (JCI) of 0.22, both corresponding to the fourth quartile, together with a five-year JIF of 1.3, which reflects the sustained impact of its publications over the medium term.

Regarding the editorial process, the period 2014–2025 shows a steady increase in the number of manuscripts received, reaching 94 submissions in 2025, along with a higher level of editorial selectivity, as evidenced by a rejection rate of 76.6%, which contributes to maintaining high scientific quality standards. The journal publishes a stable 24 articles per year and maintains efficient editorial timelines, with an average of 4 days for initial screening, 37 days until revision requests, 75 days until final acceptance, and 135 days until online publication.