Lol... "slicing the bologna" is such a great phrase to describe this. I've seen it happen a lot in both experimental and theoretical fields. Rather than publis

Lol... "slicing the bologna" is such a great phrase to describe this. I've seen it happen a lot in both experimental and theoretical fields. Rather than publish one big paper that explains a new idea clearly at a high level + show its numerous applications, they publish many (6-10) small results based on the the "machinery" behind this idea. It can be frustrating as a beginner in such fields, like learning from a textbook that shows you just solutions to problems and doesn't explain the general theory.