Test case prioritization (TCP) issue is a hot research topic in regression testing research. This method tries to optimize the execution schedule based on a specific prioritization criterion. The purpose of the TCP techniques is to maximize a specific prioritization objective, such as the early fault detection rate of the original test suite. This technique is especially applied to some testing scenarios, for example testing resource is limited for executing all the test cases. This paper first describes the issue of TCP and classifies the existing TCP techniques into three categories: source code, requirement, and model. The paper secondly formulates a specific TCP issue (i.e., resource-aware TCP issue) and summarizes its research work. The paper finally summarizes commonly-used evaluation metrics and subjects in experimental studies, and empirical result affection of different fault injection types. The paper fourthly summarizes the application of TCP in some specific testing domains, such as combinatorial testing, event-driven applications testing, fault localization, and Web services testing and discusses some future work of the TCP issue.