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@O'Shane
What I meant was that using a smaller tyre would soak up less discrepancies in a surface therefore increasing the rolling resistance.
Running larger/smaller tyres on a perfectly smooth surface would make no difference if the tyres were at the usual pressure (8/9bar) as there wouldn't be much tyre deformation causing more resistance.
I don't have any articles as I'm not that interested in the subject really. I've always used 18/19mm tubs on very smooth tracks as I could pump them up to about 16bar. For most outdoor tracks I used 23mm tubs as they were the most easily available for a decent price.