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Key bibliometric indicators including co-authorship patterns, keyword co-occurrence, and citation impact were analyzed to delineate research evolution and collaboration patterns in this domain.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>A collection of 2,408 publications was analyzed, demonstrating significant annual growth with publications increasing from 4 in 2014 to 549 in 2023 (22.7% of total output). The United States (707), China (581), and India (233) were the leading contributors in international collaborations. The Chinese Academy of Sciences (53), Harvard Medical School (43), and University of California San Diego (26) were identified as top contributing institutions. Citation analysis highlighted two major breakthroughs: AlphaFold\u2019s protein structure prediction (6,811 citations) and deep learning approaches to antibiotic discovery (4,784 citations). Keyword analysis identified six enduring research clusters from 2014 to 2024: sepsis, artificial neural networks, antimicrobial resistance, antimicrobial peptides, drug repurposing, and molecular docking, demonstrating the sustained integration of AI in antimicrobial therapy development. Recent trends show increasing application of AI technologies in traditional approaches, particularly in MALDI-TOF MS for pathogen identification and graph neural networks for large-scale molecular screening.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title><jats:p>This bibliometric analysis shows the importance of artificial intelligence in enhancing the progress in the discovery of antimicrobial drugs especially toward the fight against AMR. From enhancing the fast, efficient and predictive performance of drug discovery methods, current AI capabilities have revealed observable potential to be proactive in combating the ever-growing challenge of AMR worldwide. 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