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Existing literature on motivational reasoning for open science, OA, and TAs was reviewed to create an initial set of codes to be used, which was complemented with an inductive process producing additional codes based on categorization of reasonings that did not fit within the initial codes.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Findings<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>The study found that TAs were supported for a variety of reasons, where both customers and publishers stressed better research dissemination, facilitating a transition towards OA publishing, and improved workflow management for publishing and invoicing. 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