Yes, the true size matters.
More than 75% of the research undertaken in small laboratories
is never published. I have heard that this is the same percentage
for very large instruments and that less than 25%of the accepted
proposals lead to publication. I would say that this could be because
some instrument characteristics (those size numbers) are not
always easy to obtain (overestimated).
A bit of humor as illustration :
Do you know why many women have difficulties to range their
car backwards ? Men told them that "this" is 30 centimeters.
Best
Armel Le Bail - Universit� du Maine, Laboratoire des Fluorures,
CNRS ESA 6010, Av. O. Messiaen, 72085 Le Mans Cedex 9, France
http://www.cristal.org/
