Since 1986 was founded, more than 3,500 books have been published. A number of outstanding books with good social influence, which are welcomed and concerned by readers have won prizes in various competitions. Modern Science and Technology Fair Series and Princeton Science Library were nominated for the 3rd and 6th National Book Awards. Lectures by famous scholars and series of science and research on curriculum and teaching system across the Taiwan Strait have won the 12, 13 and 14 China Book Awards. The Nobel Prize won the National Excellent Popular Science Works Award for a century. The flora of early angiosperms and associated plants in western Liaoning won the special prize of Shanghai excellent book, and "Dim Blue Spot" won the first prize of Shanghai excellent book. "The Basis and Clinic of Metastasis and Recurrence of Hepatocellular Carcinoma" and "China Light of Science Series" won the first prize of Shanghai Book Award. In recent years, more than 200 excellent popular science books have been published, ranking among the top ten popular science books in China for five consecutive years.

Since 1993, Shanghai Science and Technology Education Press has been rated as "Shanghai Civilized Unit" for five consecutive times. It has been commended as an excellent publishing house by the General Administration of Press and Publication for three consecutive times.