The EXPLO article ‘Absolute dating of the European Neolithic using the 5259 BC rapid 14C excursion’ published by Andrej Mazckowski et al. in 2024 (https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-48402-1) was included in the Nature Index Research Leaders 2025 analysis. This article is in the top 5% of all research outputs scored by Nature Altmetric (https://nature.altmetric.com/details/163615393).