Abstract: When shock waves propagate in solid mediums, the internal charge carriers migrate to the electrodes under the action of shock waves to form electric potential and output voltage/current - shock induced polarization effect (SIP). The development of SIP effect has challenged the traditional understanding of physical response of solid medium. In this paper, the SIP effects of typical solid mediums such as crystals, metals, ceramics and polymers are systematically reviewed. The SIP test methods developed at present are also summarized, and the characteristics of SIP induced by different loading methods such as drop hammer/pendulum, SHPB, light gas gun and explosive detonation are analyzed. The applications of finite element method, molecular dynamics, peridynamic and phase field analysis in the numerical simulation of SIP of solid mediums are summarized. The macroscopic phenomenology theories of SIP of solid mediums are summarized based on Allison theory, Zhang Yuheng theory, shock flexoelectric theory and shock wave theory, and the microscopic mechanism of