In this study, the levels of knowledge, awareness, and acceptance of research misconduct were investigated among the Pharmacy academics and students in Malaysia. A cross-sectional study using an online questionnaire was carried out. A total of 393 pharmacy academics and students in Malaysia were involved. Perceived research misconduct, as defined in this study as the perception of any research misconduct performed or observed by the respondents at their institution, was captured and further analyzed. The data was analysed using PLS-SEM to assess the hypotheses which were formulated prior to the survey. The findings show that there is a statistically significant positive relationship between the awareness of terminologies regarding research misconduct and perceived research misconduct in the workplace of respondents. However, the acceptance of unethical practices in research demonstrates a negative correlation with perceived research misconduct. Knowledge and awareness regarding research misconduct have no statistically significant relationship with perceived research misconduct in this study. Both awareness of terminologies and acceptance of unethical practices explained a 10.8% variance in perceived research misconduct. Therefore, our study indicates that the awareness, knowledge, and acceptance of research misconduct might not be the main predictors of questionable conduct of research among pharmacy academics and students. Future study on the relationship between other factors which might contribute to research misconduct is highly recommended to investigate the significant contributing factors of irresponsible conduct of research among the Pharmacy academics and students in Malaysia.

在这项研究中，调查了马来西亚药学学者和学生对研究不端行为的知识、意识和接受程度。使用在线调查问卷进行了一项横断面研究。共有 393 名马来西亚药学学者和学生参与其中。感知的研究不端行为，在本研究中定义为受访者在其机构中进行或观察到的任何研究不端行为的感知，被捕获并进一步分析。使用 PLS-SEM 分析数据以评估调查前制定的假设。研究结果表明，受访者对研究不端行为术语的认知度与受访者在工作场所感知到的研究不端行为之间存在统计学上显着的正相关关系。然而，对研究中不道德行为的接受表明与感知的研究不端行为呈负相关。在本研究中，有关研究不端行为的知识和意识与感知到的研究不端行为没有统计学上的显着关系。对术语的认识和对不道德行为的接受解释了研究不端行为认知度的 10.8% 差异。因此，我们的研究表明，对研究不端行为的认识、了解和接受可能不是药学学者和学生研究行为可疑的主要预测因素。