[2] The USP book series[3] and periodicals,[4] a significant number of which feature in the evaluation lists of the Polish Ministry of Science and Higher Education[5] and are indexed in Polish and international repositories and databases (such as Central and Eastern European Online Library,[6] CEJSH,[7] BazHum,[8] ERIH PLUS,[9] and others).
[10] A part of the overall body of the USP publications are habilitationschrifts (i.e. "tenure books") as well as doctoral dissertations recommended by the Ph.D. committees at the University of Silesia in Katowice.
The publications of the University of Silesia Press have received numerous awards and honorary mentions;[11] among Authors publishing with the USP there are leading experts in a variety of areas of research.
[12] On average, the annual production of the University of Silesia Press amounts to 150-170 titles, with the total volume of ca.
Since February 2017, the University of Silesia Press is led by Beata Klyta, serving as its acting director.