In this week’s Research Fortnight, Sir Philip Campbell, editor-in-chief of Nature, continues his long-standing support for social science/STIS work and the contribution it can make. In the interview he makes a call to fellow editors: ‘ There isn’t a huge demand yet for papers that really integrate the perspectives of the social sciences, the humanities and the natural sciences, but it is up to the journals to take the lead and to show what they can do. We are, but I’d love us to do it faster.’