I think that many of the problems in sociology research would be resolved if physicists and mathematicians took over the field for 10 years. Yes, I'm aware that sounds arrogant and pretentious
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No one believed that model, so his point that it failed to fit the data didn't much matter. I think the admixture analysis was his only real contribution; a big one though, and likely more influential than misleading citation counting would indicate as everyone scrubs him.
He's not at all PC, never underestimate the cowardice of academics when citing stuff. Our bibliometric study seemed to support this bc group diff papers were cited less on average.
I dunno about that. Their model was the first quantitative attempt at a shared environment model to explain, was it not? It failed badly and I don't recall any serious follow up attempts.