The main characteristics of the 50 most highly cited reviews based on Scopus data, published in 20132017, have been studied. A detailed analysis of these reviews is given in terms of topic relevance, authors team authority, and sources rating. The majority of reviews were for medicine, chemistry, biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. Many of them were written with the participation of an authoritative expert group from the worlds leading scientific institutions as a regularly updated result review. The largest numbers of authors belonged to the G7 countries, China, and Switzerland. In comparison with these reviews, the Russian practice of preparing review publications has been considered.